October 28, 1861
I.S. Pillars, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that James D. Rankin, who had the recommendation of the Putnam County Military Committee for appointment, wanted to be assigned to the 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Rankin was personally acquainted with the men and officers who had gone into the 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Rankin could aid in filling the company into which he wanted to go.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 207]
October 28, 1861
G[eorge] A. Pomroy, Captain, Company E, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Corwin, Montgomery County, Ohio. To "all whom it may consern". Letter stating that the bearer, Sergeant Morris Karr of his company, was offered promotion to 2nd Lieutenant in the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now at Lockland; and recommending Karr as a worthy man for the position. Bears a note from B[enjamin] F. Smith, Colonel, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham, recommending that Karr's transfer be granted. Also bears a note from W.H. Martin, Lieutenant Colonel, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason, requesting that Karr be granted a permit.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 119]
October 28, 1861
Stilla Powell, ex-Lieutenant, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he was enclosing the only evidences he ever possessed of being an officer in the United States Army, that his career as a military man had been brief, but "glorious", and that he now delivered up his authority to the power which gave it with many cherished recollections of the brave deeds he might have accomplished if he had been so fortunate as to have filled a company.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 95]
October 28, 1861
T.W. Powell, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that upon receipt of Eugene Powell's appointment as Major in the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he forwarded it to him at Fort Pendleton, that he was informed that Eugene had gone with a detachment (2,500 strong under Colonel Mason) to retake Romney, that Eugene would therefore not receive the letter and notice of his appointment for some days, that he would be glad if Buckingham or Governor William Dennison would communicate to Eugene such instructions as would be proper to enable him to procure a furlough which would allow him to return to assist in raising and organizing the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Lieutenant Burton had now recruited about 50 men in his company with a very fair prospect of soon filling up, and that if Burton could procure uniforms, it would aid him much; asking if the uniforms could be procured; and stating that if arrangements could be made by which Lieutenant Van Deman's company could be transferred to the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, it would be much more satisfactory and enable the company to be filled up sooner, and that most of Van Deman's men were from Delaware County and ought to go to the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry since the regiment was to be from the Congressional District.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 71]
October 28, 1861
Francis Marion Ross, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter applying for a commission as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit a company for the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears a note signed by John English and Charles H. Mitchener, stating that they were appointed to raise and organize the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that they approved Ross' application.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 121]
October 28, 1861
Rodney K. Shaw, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that some two weeks before, he had forwarded an application for appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to fill the place of Silas Thurlow who had resigned, as well as the recommendation of the military committee, that he had heard nothing yet, and that delay would add to his labor in getting recruits as it would give the other parties nearly a month's start; requesting that he be given 30 days to recruit; and stating that he wanted to recruit in Washington County, Noble County, Morgan County, and Athens County.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 199]
October 28, 1861
John Sherman, Colonel Commanding, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the notice suspending Lieutenant Gregg had been received, that by misapprehension, Gregg had reported to him daily instead of to Mason, that he was enclosing Gregg's last report, that he trusted the revocation would be revoked in Gregg's case, that Gregg was one of those for whom he asked an extension, that Gregg would undoubtedly raise sixty men, and that he had telegraphed Gregg to go ahead; and asking if he was right.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 122]
October 28, 1861
B[enjamin] F. Smith, Colonel, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Corwin, near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he visited Cincinnati on October 27 in order to expedite the forwarding of the clothing, and camp and garrison equipage for which requisitions had been made, that although they had not yet received overcoats and sufficient tents, etc., he would respectfully urge the necessity of an early movement of the regiment, that the men were becoming extremely difficult to manage, having many relatives and friends about keeping them under a peculiar excitement expecting to leave daily, that the men paid little regard to orders and regulations, that if the men were removed from the area, this trouble would cease, that he did not think it advisable to trust the guard with ball cartridges just now, that not only were they inexperienced in handling their arms, but some accident to be regretted might occur, that he trusted the Governor would not expect them to take the French muskets into the field, that the reputation of the regiment depended a great deal upon the efficiency of the arms, and that the screw drivers and wipers just received did not fit the nipples on the ends of the rammers.
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October 28, 1861
Leander Stem, Chairman, and J.J. Steiner, Secretary, Military Committee of Seneca County, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that J. Schuyler of Seneca County had applied for a Lieutenant's commission to recruit a company of men for the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry with the approval of the commanding officer of said regiment, that the committee certified that Schuyler was a man of good moral character and of such attainments as would fit him for the command of a company in the field, that the committee believed Schuyler could recruit a company in Seneca County, and that they pledged to aid him in doing so.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 161]
October 28, 1861
B. Storer, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending William G. Neilson.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 95]
October 28, 1861
William H. Trimble, Camp Mitchel, near Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since he had ordered all the recruiting officers for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) in every county except Highland County to discontinue all efforts at recruiting, he took it for granted he would be allowed some additional recruiting officers in the 3 counties assigned to him, that he had therefore taken the liberty of recommending 2 excellent men from Highland County and one from Fayette County, and that the recruiting officers could not get along successfully unless they had power to muster the men in as they went along in their work.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 162]
October 28, 1861
M[orrison] R. Waite, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that upon examining the tents left by the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, it was found that there were only about thirty in all and that they were in very bad condition, that competent parties estimated that barracks could be built for a regiment at a cost of about $800, that the carpenters said that after the men left the camp, the lumber could be sold for fully half the original cost, that the men would be coming into the camp that week, and that some provision must be made for their accommodation beyond what had already been done; and suggesting that it would be better to have the barracks built instead of furnishing new tents in view of the prospect of cold weather before the regiment left.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 113]
October 28, [1861]
J. Bryant Walker, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had received Dennison's letter extending his time indefinitely, and that his success in Hamilton County had been poor; requesting to have his place changed also; and asking if Dennison would allow him to recruit throughout the State as he heard had been done in some cases.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 94]
October 28, 1861
C[hilton] A[llen] White, Member of Congress, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain Taylor's company in the 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been reduced by a transfer of his men until it now numbered only 46, that the company was officered only with a Captain and 2nd Lieutenant, that the Captain was very anxious to have his company filled up to the minimum number and for that purpose, the 1st Lieutenancy was kept vacant as an inducement to someone to raise the requisite number of men to fill up the company, and that the bearer, Seth J. Murray, proposed to raise the requisite number of men provided he could be commissioned as 1st Lieutenant of said company; and recommending that Murray's request be granted.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 142]
October 28, 1861
B.B. Woodbury, Chairman, and P. Hitchcock, Secretary, Geauga County Military Committee, Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they thought Lieutenant Trent's authority and commission for recruiting in Geauga County had better be discontinued, that Trent had no men, that while trying to recruit, Trent had been the means in part of getting some men to help fill up the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that they now preferred that E. Baslow not be appointed, that they wished Buckingham to procure the appointment of Vernon Garrison as 2nd Lieutenant with power to recruit in Geauga County, that Garrison had been the committee's choice from the start, but they had not been enabled to get him to agree to take a commission until now, and that Garrison was a man of good habits, a military man, and would fill a company in a short time.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 171]
October 29, 1861
J[esse] J. Appler, Colonel Commanding, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and E[phraim] C. Dawes, Adjutant, Camp Diamond, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Wells S. Jones of Jasper, Pike County raised a full company for the regiment and brought them into camp on October 4, that an election was held resulting in the choice of Wells S. Jones for Captain, Robert A. Starkey for 1st Lieutenant, and Robert Curren for 2nd Lieutenant, that the election roll was properly certified and immediately sent to Buckingham's office, and that these men had as yet received no notice of their appointments; and requesting that the notifications be sent as soon as possible.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 190]
October 29, 1861
Ross A. Blair, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter applying for a commission to raise and organize a company for a section or more of artillery to report at Camp Meigs. Bears a note from C.H. Mitchener and John English, approving Blair's application.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 153]
October 29, 1861
J.F. Blickensderfer, Recruiting Lieutenant, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he could do very little in recruiting, that the area was so thoroughly drained of men who could conveniently go into service that his chance was very "dull", that they had raised in the immediate area over 100 men for the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and did not have a single officer, that his friends wanted to see him in active service and he was anxious for the same, but he did not feel like going as a Private, that he would be leaving a business with income of $2,000 yearly, that he had spent eight weeks and $75, and used two horses and a buggy recruiting for the 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had induced over 200 men to volunteer and had the assurance that he would have a position in the regiment, and that the regiment was now filled and ready to leave, and he was left to pay the piper; and requesting an appointment as Adjutant of the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to form at Camp Meigs.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 205]
[October? 29?, 1861]
P.H. Breslin, Captain and Mustering Officer, 18th U.S. Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter transmitting muster rolls of two companies in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; complaining about the disadvantages with which mustering officers had to contend; and stating that rolls were forwarded long after the muster to the Adjutant General's Department, when they should be forwarded to the mustering officer for supervision and distribution, that great inconvenience would eventually ensue by reason of a procedure outside the control of the mustering officer, and that a detail should be at once made to relieve him from the duties of a mustering officer as his whole time and attention was engrossed in the duties of a disbursing officer in Cincinnati.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 109]
October 29, 1861
J.R. Cockerill, Colonel Commanding, 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Hamer, West Union, Adams County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that A.P. Liggett of Ripley, Ohio was a man of good moral character and of such military attainments as would fit him for the command of a company or detachment in the field; and recommending Liggett for a 2nd Lieutenancy in the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Recruiting Lieutenant for said regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 217]
October 29, 1861
E.F. Drake, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had asked if they could have another 2nd Lieutenant for recruiting in the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that the man they had in mind was waiting until he could give him an answer; and asking if he should send the man up to be mustered in.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 137]
October 29, 1861
Edson Goit, Chairman, et. al., Military Committee of Hancock County, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee held its first meeting on October 24, that they appointed a committee of twenty-two ladies and gave them instructions and papers, that the ladies were now at work with encouraging success soliciting contributions of woolen goods as called for in the Governor's proclamation, that they had appointed sub-committees of three in each township for the same purpose and to aid them in recruiting, that they had scheduled meetings for each evening of that week in different parts of the county, and two meetings for each evening of the following week in the different townships, that they had also scheduled a mass meeting on each Saturday afternoon at the courthouse in Findlay, that they held a meeting the previous evening during which two recruits were sworn in and four others signed the roll promising to be sworn in soon, that as far as now known, the recruiting officers in the area were all working faithfully and with success, that they had issued citations to C. Doherty and P.D. Ardinger to appear and show authority for recruiting under penalty of arrest if they refused or enlisted or recruited further, that they had recommended Mr. Dornbaugh for a 2nd Lieutenant's commission, and Lieutenants J.M. Palmer and O. Mungen for cancellation of the revocation of their commissions and for further time for recruiting, and that they were incurring considerable expense for livery hire, printing, hand bills, etc.; asking how, when, where, and by whom these expenses were to be paid, or if they must foot the bills themselves; stating that their committee of ladies had received contributions in money and they presumed more would be received; asking if they must send the money to Buckingham's office with the goods, or should they pay it out for coloring blankets, for woolen socks, drawers, etc.; and stating that they did not wish to lay out the money for their expenses, that they could do their work thoroughly and promptly if properly sustained pecuniarily, and that they thought they could promise a successful issue for the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 187]
October 29, 1861
Isaac N. Hathaway, Lieutenant Colonel, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Oliver. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Peter J. Bauman, was an applicant for a Lieutenant's commission to recruit for the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Putnam County, and that Bauman was well recommended to him and would be endorsed by the Military Committee of Putnam County. Bears the endorsement of the committee.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 199]
October 29, 1861
Isaac N. Hathaway, Lieutenant Colonel, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Oliver. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, W.H. Wells, Secretary of the Putnam County Military Committee, was an applicant for a Lieutenant's commission to recruit for the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears the approval of the Putnam County Military Committee.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 199]
October 29, 1861
M.O. Junkin, Wintersville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that under an appointment of 2nd Lieutenant, he had recruited 18 men who he would have reported at Camp Chase in due time had not the County [Military] Committee seen fit to retain them with a view of forming a full company by uniting him with other squads for [John] Sherman's regiment (64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry) which they believed could be done in 8 or 10 days; asking if he should pass his roll and recruits over to Lieutenant Stone, and if he was entitled to a Lieutenant's pay for the 20 days he was engaged recruiting; and stating that he would be very glad if Doctor Markel was appointed Surgeon to the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 164]
October 29, 1861
P.R. Kaufman, 2nd Lieutenant, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that not having succeeded in enlisting his quota of men for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and having now a fair prospect of doing so, he was requesting an extension of time, that by November 4, he would send some twelve or fifteen men and hoped his request would be granted, that he had extensively advertised and was just now receiving the benefits, and that people were now more generally out of employment than one month earlier.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 167]
October 29, 1861
P[eter] Kinney, Colonel, [56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Camp Morrow, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant Rife had an order under the old arrangement to get up a company for his regiment and had enlisted several men, and that Rife thought it best to come under the new order and was recommended by the [Military] Committee of Lake County for the office of 2nd Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 191]
October 29, 1861
J. Laisy, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter declining the appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he would have accepted had there been a scarcity of physicians in the army.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 228]
October 29, 1861
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he wanted Irwin Kelley commissioned as recruiting officer for the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Noble County and Guernsey County.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 152]
October 29, 1861
Jno. D. Martin, Exchange Bank of Martin & Company, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had taken some pains to encourage Dr. Hewetson to raise a company for Colonel Schleich's regiment, that Hewetson could get the material more readily than any man he knew of and could successfully operate in a vicinity which had heretofore been shut out altogether from them, that if given a chance, Hewetson would raise a good company without delay, that if Hewetson should speak to Buckingham of William S. Rigby as his prospective 1st Lieutenant, he could vouch for Rigby as a first rate man, that Hewetson and Rigby had influence in quarters which were not in the first instance friendly to the war, and that Hewetson and Rigby could get out the men where others could not.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 146]
October 29, 1861
F. Merrick, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that S.B. Shaffer was formerly a student at Ohio Wesleyan University, and that he had no doubt Shaffer was of strictly temperate habits, good moral character, and reliable as a gentleman of integrity and strict honesty. Also signed by W.G. Williams, and L.D. McCabe.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 198]
October 29, 1861
O[rmsby] M. Mitchel, Brigadier General Commanding, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he would join Buckingham with pleasure in recommending the appointment of Mr. Greenwood to the position of Brigade Quartermaster; asking if Buckingham could suggest the name of any officer to constitute the Military Board of Examination; and stating that he feared such a board would produce greater terror in their camps than a night attack by the enemy.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 149]
October 29, 1861
C.H. Mitchener, and John English, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that having been deputized to raise and organize the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Carroll County, Tuscarawas County, Holmes County, and Harrison County, they set about the work in good faith and immediately proceeded to Carroll County to raise at least two companies therein, that they found some 80 men under a Mr. Ullman, anxious and willing to report at once at Camp Meigs, who said they would not enter camp at any other point, that having given the necessary orders for the admission of the men at Camp Meigs, they were surprised to learn that Dennison through Adjutant General Buckingham had forbidden the men from entering Camp Meigs and ordered them to report at Camp Ford, and that the men would disband if not allowed to enter Camp Meigs; requesting that Dennison countermand the order for Camp Ford; and stating that in case no obstacles were placed in their way, like the one alluded to, they could organize and complete the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 60 days, and that there were difficulties with two companies being raised in Harrison County for the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry instead of the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
3 pp. [Series 147-15: 153]